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1. even statues crumble(if they’re made to wait) by waffletastical

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • birthdaygate
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Blood and Injury
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • my son will byers
   • MWTFDYD Gate
   • in between s4 and s5
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • happy birthday wiw
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break

   Summary

   Growing up queer in a small town like Hawkins and falling in love with your childhood best friend, takes a toll on anybody. And with the gathering of emotional turmoil, comes its collapse

   or

   Will Byers and all of the non-physical yet equally terrifying monsters he faces, and his path to believing that he is in fact, lovable.

   Series

   • Part 1 of byler? no thanks. byler endgame ♡

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,593

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   36

   Bookmarks:

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